The Lepin thread

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Jader1973

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4,284 posts

207 months

Monday 22nd August 2016
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Bought some Lepin?

Want to discuss it?

Please post about it in here then, rather than someplace else kind of related to it.

Ta.

TooManySheds

286 posts

156 months

Monday 22nd August 2016
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Jader,
Can I ask if you work, or are involved in Haymarket at all ? The way you post on the Other thread, you talk as if you are in some form a representative of theirs.
So after having a whole thread deleted, you have now started another one, about exactly the same subject. If the only problem was the title with the old one, why not ask the Mod you were in contact with to simply rename it ?

Jader1973

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4,284 posts

207 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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Nope, not a Haymarket employee. If I was the thread would have stayed deleted.

I work in an industry where IP, design, engineering, and brand value are what separates competitors. As I said in another post, my employer battles copyright infringement on a regular basis.

There was no discussion with the mod: I reported the thread and discussion and suggested they review it in line with their policy on copyright infringement. They chose the action, not me.

What concerns me is the fact that an organisation which operates in an environment where copyright is important seems to pick and choose when to stop discussion about products that breach it.

For example discussion on where to download film and music is deleted but a thread about a product that clearly violates the copyright of another company is left alone. The argument it is not being promoted holds no water: one poster admits to knowing nothing about it until he read the thread and then went and bought several sets, and a couple more were prompted to look into buying some as a result of it. The thread has therefore promoted the illegal product.

I'm now wondering why they have copyright PistonHeads on the website as they obviously don't feel it is relevant, yet I bet if I copied one of their articles and posted it on another forum as my own they'd get very upset.

I think I'm going to e-mail Haymarket direct and ask their opinion.

robemcdonald

9,128 posts

203 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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On the film thread you mentioned you watched "eddie the eagle" on 6th August. At that time it wasn't available on DVD or cinema in Australia on that date. So how did you manage it?
I only mention it because if you downloaded it or obtained a DVD from another region then you a massive hypocrite.

___MIKE___

3,317 posts

191 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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I didn't buy "several sets" I bought 4 from a local toy shop.

My original thread is back so well done you.

Jader1973

Original Poster:

4,284 posts

207 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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robemcdonald said:
On the film thread you mentioned you watched "eddie the eagle" on 6th August. At that time it wasn't available on DVD or cinema in Australia on that date. So how did you manage it?
I only mention it because if you downloaded it or obtained a DVD from another region then you a massive hypocrite.
Top sleuthing! However you are wrong.

I suggest you google the release date of Eddie the Eagle DVD in Australia. You'll find JB HiFi have it as the 3rd of August 2016.

I view illegal downloading as theft and have never done it. I used to have some interesting discussions with colleagues who view it as perfectly acceptable and have entire PC systems dedicated to doing it.

Edited by Jader1973 on Tuesday 23 August 23:56

___MIKE___

3,317 posts

191 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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This thread is a waste of server space, my original thread is already back up and running, no one is interested in your self imposed authority.

Jader1973

Original Poster:

4,284 posts

207 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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[quote=_MIKE_]This thread is a waste of server space, my original thread is already back up and running, no one is interested in your self imposed authority.
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No one is forcing you to read it. Or comment in it.

Mind you 99.9% of PH is a waste of server space so I agree with you on that.

Also, one definition of "several" is "more than 2 but not many" so you did buy several wink

(Couldn't resist that, sorry)

And cheer up you've got your thread back. I promise not to post in it, or report it again.

Big Al.

69,098 posts

265 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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Just for reference, the Lepin thread in question is currently being discussed over in the mods forum with HM. They are looking into legalities regarding copyright infringement, but it will remain until a decision has been made.

Stig

11,822 posts

291 months

Friday 26th August 2016
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This thread serves no purpose - so I'm closing it.
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